| Date: | September 27, 2016 |
| Time: | 7:00 - 8:00 PM |
| Venue: | Radford University Planetarium |
| Description: |
The Radford University Planetarium presents the film "September Skies" in their first show of the 2016/17 school year in their brand new planetarium on Tuesday, September 27, 2016. Come see the stars and constellations that are visible this month with our state-of-the-art digital projection system. Learn why we named the constellations in the first place. Find out if you really are a Libra! Take a tour of of solar system. And more! Admission is free and open to the public. As always, the shows begin with a tour of the nighttime sky and will include pointing out when you can see Mars and Saturn in the evening skies, and Jupiter in the morning sky. This new facility is state-of-the-art with 55 new theater-style seats, all digital projection, a surround-sound system, and a full catalog of shows and educational presentations. We have hearing-assist receivers for the planetarium sound system-please bring your own earphones. No food/drinks allowed in the planetarium! The new planetarium is located in Room M75 in the new Center for the Science Building, adjacent to Main Street in Radford, VA, on the Main Street (lowest) floor. You can see the planetarium sphere behind the glass walls just off of Main Street, at the apex of the new lab science building. Enter through the doors next to the planetarium. For more information, visit: http://www.radford.edu/content/csat/home/ru-planetarium.html or call 540-831-5441. |